MoLewisrocks

Multiple reports are now underscoring what Kraft stated yesterday. There will not be a huge jump in the cap come 2014 because of the TV deals, rather the increase will be steady and not start until 2015. One reason is that money is being borrowed from the future in order to have a $120M cap in the present. That money will be deducted when the TV money is factored in. Another is that local revenues are remaining flat. Quite a few teams have not increased ticket prices in some time and a few have decreased them due to decreased demand.

Current projections per Casserly are for a $120M cap again in 2013, a $122M cap in 2014, and a higher cap come 2015. I'd guesstimate that they've already used several million in future cap space to prop up the cap in 2011 and 2012, and will borrow more in 2013 just to maintain it there, so the increase in 2015 might be <$10M.

Brady is sooooooo getting an extension...

betterthanthealternative

Can't we just get the 'Skins, Cowpokes, or Jets to cover everybody else?

supafly

Not the best news for those who were hoping to use the spike in terms of re-upping Gronkowski and Hernandez for the 2014 season.

It will take some creativity to get it done, although one would assume that the team was already well aware of this situation; especially since they pretty much broke the news and got the party started.

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supafly

As long as it's just their cash that they are offering, and not their business strategy or overall team records

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ausbacker

It shows the importance of value guys toward the middle and bottom of the roster and the Patriots coaching up talent.

betterthanthealternative

We are actually better off with this news, given that it deepens the reward for long term cap management discipline. The lower the cap, the better our chances of winning.

supafly

Oh, I couldn't agree more.

The NEP do not risk the future for the present, so it will affect us a lot less than the majority of the other clubs.

However, in regards to the re-signing of the 2 TE's, I am simply saying that it will now take more creativity than maybe us as fans, originally thought.

Like I mentioned, it's obvious that our team was well aware of this fact, which is a good thing. The resigning of some of these players will be very important, and take some creative thinking, as opposed to most here (including myself) who wrongly assumed that the cap would spike up in 2014.

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TB146

Just another reason I am SO HAPPY to have COMPETENT leadership in our franchise... they make it their business to understand these concepts, to stay on top of changes, to anticipate the future and be prepared no matter what happens.

(They don't do stupid things like agree to and announce a trade when they haven't read the terms... etc...)

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Leemo

I'd prefer the cap to be quite a bit higher than it is now. 140million maybe

mgteich

That kind of increase helps other teams much more than it helps the patriots.